DRUBBED

DRUB

cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick

(verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; “We licked the other team on Sunday!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

drubbed

simple past tense and past participle of drub

Source: Wiktionary


DRUB

Drub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drubbing.] Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dræbe to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]

Definition: To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.

Drub, n.

Definition: A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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